Avenue of the Giants

Well I ran Avenue of the Giants today, another 10k down. I went by myself so I left at 7:30 and got a bagel and headed down to park and warmup. Well traffic was backed up from the off ramp and it was getting closer to my start time. I decided to pull off the side of the road instead of parking in the parking lot. I thought I was close to the start line but I was way off. I think I parked 2 miles away. I saw some runners warming up so I thought I was close. I decided to run half way so I could warm up. At this point I thought I could get my shirt and get back to my car. So I just got my keys and started. I finally make it up to the registration table and its 8:45. Well I was not going to make it back. I didn't bring my ipod, inhaler, and i brought my whole key set. I was so upset that I almost didn't run. I didn't know what to do with my shirt so I just put it on a plant and came back for it. I ran the whole race but was slower this time. I had to carry my keys which sucked because my hands kept getting sweaty. I finished in 1:12:54 or something like that. It felt good to finish but would have liked to have beaten my time from last year which was 1:08:51. Oh well! But then I still had to walk back to my car. I was dead tired! It was quite a morning!